Aaron Chiropractic Clinic Offers Realistic Back Pain Relief Expectations

Let’s be honest. You want 100% relief of your Fort Wayne back pain and have it never return. Heck, you didn’t want it to befall in the first place! Well, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic desires that for you, also. But reality gets in the way. The research gets published. Realistic expectations are described. Standard treatment outcomes lead you and Aaron Chiropractic Clinic as we travel together toward healing and improved quality of life with back pain.

MEDICAL CLINICAL EXPECTATION

Medicine today reports 30% minimal clinical improvement as good enough to warrant the use of a treatment approach. (1) The “minimal clinically important difference” is a marker of the effectiveness of treatment. In a large review of studies, the relative percent was found to be 32%. (2) “Good” outcome of medical primary care for sciatica and leg pain was only 30% reduction in disability. 55% of patients were improved at one year. (1) Another researcher group reported that a 20 point move on a 100 point scale is a good outcome.  A change of 19% on an Oswestry pain scale and 2 points on a 10 points visual analogue scale is considered successful reduction in pain for a patient with continued postoperative spine pain. (3) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic knows Fort Wayne back pain patients want more relief than that. Establishing realistic expectations from the start of treatment boosts the chances of a satisfactory outcome for our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients.

CHIROPRACTIC ROLE IN BACK PAIN RELIEF

Chiropractic is often classified as alternative medicine. Chiropractic strives to take care of the source of spine-related pain with spine treatment, exercise, nutrition, etc., whereas allopathic medicine seeks to remove the offending agent of pain by drug or invasive means. (4) One study comparing the two approaches showed that at 2 months of care, older adults with lumbar spine stenosis treated with manual therapy and exercise fared better than medical care and group exercise. (5) Another paper about older adults with back pain stated 50% improvement in back pain and 43% in disability after 2 years of care. The honest truth: fewer than 20% of these patients had complete resolution of pain and disability, but they were better. (6) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic helps many Fort Wayne back pain and stenosis patients honestly establish realistic expectations for clinical improvement of their back pain conditions using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

CLINICAL OUTCOMES WITH COX® TECHNIC

Cox® Technic has always sought at least 50% relief within 30 days before trying another treatment protocol or ordering more advanced imaging tests or referral for surgical consultation (always making sure that there is no sign of progressive neurological deficit or caudal equina syndrome/change in bowel or urinary function which would call for a more immediate action). (7) For years, 50% didn’t seem like enough. Today, it’s amazing relief compared with the new medical and surgical expectation of 20% to 30% relief. One more recent study reports even more relief with Cox® Technic: Spinal stenosis patients improved in pain by 76% and disability by 73%. (8) How might such improvement come? Horizontal traction was reported to be much more effective in increasing disc height of lower lumbar discs. (9) Cox® Technic distraction manipulation was found to enlarge the area by 28%. (10) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic knows many Fort Wayne back pain patients whose 20% relief of pain thrilled them as it allowed them to walk in the park or go to the grocery store or play with the grandkids.

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Wanda Lopez on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson whose patient was elated that she could take a walk in Central Park without pain.

CONTACT Aaron Chiropractic Clinic

Schedule your next chiropractic appointment at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic today. We will be honest. We will discuss treatment outcome expectations with you. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is on your side and committed to helping you get the Fort Wayne back pain relief you want.